Life-form, bulb and roots: Bulbous perennial. Bulb ovoid, approximately 27 × 18 mm, white internally; tunic blackish-brown externally, becoming purplish-violet inwardly. Roots white, annual and unbranched.
الأوراق
Leaves: Each bulb produces 2–3(–6) leaves appearing with the flowers. Leaves pointed, shallowly channelled, approximately 28 cm long and 1.5 cm wide.
الأزهار
Flowers: Flowers open into a bell-shaped to star-shaped form at full anthesis. Tepals light blue, (10–)13–14(–17) mm long and 3(–4.5) mm wide; perianth deciduous. Stamens threadlike, (6–)7–8(–9) mm long, with blue anther sacs. Ovary globose, with 3–4 globose to nearly globose ovules per chamber. Style slender, 7–10 mm long.، Inflorescence: Each bulb bears (1–)2(–3) inflorescences. Scapes stout, semiterete (semicircular in cross-section), up to 30 cm long. Racemes open and loose, with 1–8 flowers on straight pedicels; the lowest pedicels measure (4–)10–25 mm. Bracts and bracteoles violet-tinged, unspurred, 1–1.5 mm long.
الثمار والبذور
Seeds: Seeds nearly globose, with a large elaiosome arising from the raphe; seed coat papillose.
الموائل والبيئة
Habitat and elevation: Shaded cedar forest on Jabal Barouk above Maasser ech Chouf, at 1,700–1,800 m, as documented for the type locality. These elevations are not presented as the species’ full altitudinal range.
Native range: Lebanon to Anti-Lebanon; POWO records the species within its Lebanon-Syria geographical unit. This range should not be interpreted as demonstrating strict endemism within Lebanon’s political boundaries.
الارتفاع الموثق
الارتفاع
1,700–1,800 m
لمحة نباتية
بنية النبات
Life-form, bulb and roots: Bulbous perennial. Bulb ovoid, approximately 27 × 18 mm, white internally; tunic blackish-brown externally, becoming purplish-violet inwardly. Roots white, annual and unbranched.